Monthly Archives: January 2013

Another Poem, Folksies

Girl Types You like to be around those clunky pots and pans girls, Difficult to move around, can’t keep still, full of noise, can’t keep their lids shut girls. They let their stew boil over, making messes over things, getting my shoes wet, blowing steam and undercooked rice like baby raspberries in my face. Those

Concentration & Isolation (Exploration #1)

This past Wednesday in class, we discussed creating focal points through CONCENTRATION and ISOLATION. Your focal point in a concentration piece should be where there is a cluster of things. In isolation, the focal point, as in concentration, should stand out immediately, but because of an obvious difference from the surrounding objects. So here is my

Redesign/Improvement! (Subdivision of a groundsheet)

From continuous negative space to divided space! The redesign (just a sketch) is much better because the space is now divided and you see no continuity but form in the negative space.

4 Designs (Subdivision of a groundsheet)

These designs were chosen because of the way they divided up the space. During critique, I learned that there is continuous negative space in the top left design, which I redesigned.

100 Sketches (Subdivision of a groundsheet)

Sorry about the shadows! >.<

Bowtie Boys

Because boys are boys . . . This is a poem I turned in for Poetry 1 (I have Prof. Brandt, and she has the most marvelous snort I have ever heard). Peers get to workshop it, I get that feedback tomorrow. Focused/semi-focused on repeating line. So here ’tis! Bowtie Boys My bowtie boys, Milton,

Welcome!

Hello, Sir/Ma’am! My name is Aliyah Curry. “I am a writer. If there is any left over, then I’ll be a woman.” I am at SCAD to major in Dramatic Writing and minor in Creative Writing. The writing bug hit me early on and I always have a notebook and pen nearby. Short stories, plays,